
Bill Kaplan: Van Orden must go
The 3rd CD needs change and results, not invective. It’s time for first-term U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden to go.
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The 3rd CD needs change and results, not invective. It’s time for first-term U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden to go.

As a part of a bill to increase shared revenue to municipalities and an allowance to institute increased sales taxes, Republicans threw in a caveat that will cost Milwaukee residents an extra 2 million dollars a year. The expense is to return police officers to Milwaukee Public Schools.

Wisconsin’s measuring stick for student performance has been changed. And the categories for student performance have been renamed in, shall we say, kinder, gentler ways.

I will be kicking off back-to-school bus tour in Green Bay to highlight the importance of public schools

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap Wisconsin’s 3rd and 8th Congressional District races and whether the GOP can hold those seats. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

It is quite curious as to why Chair Jacobs wants to follow the letter of the law now, but not in her past decisions.

Four years ago I posted videos about the conventions as an outsider. This year, I was inside both conventions.

She rips Hovde for ‘conflicts of interest’ while concealing her own.

Attorney, Milwaukee native and Bradley Foundation board member Paul Clement faces questions for his starring role in gun rights.

As we celebrate Labor Day, and honor the dedicated workers across Wisconsin, I see much to celebrate in the construction industry.

Housing market and financing shouldn’t be its concern.

Short for Collaboration of Design + Art, CODAworx has operated under that name for more than 10 years in a space not filled by many others: It serves as a tech-based platform for introducing artists from scores of primarily visual disciplines to entities that might want to commission their art … all while trying to find a match that works for all.

Our public schools are places where every student, regardless of their background, abilities, or needs, should have equal access to education and opportunity.

Milwaukee stiff-arms Legislature but takes sales tax money.

Over $1 billion in new money was provided to support our kids, with the largest increase being general aid.

With the DNC completed, both parties have now nominated their candidates and made their platforms known. However, frustratingly lacking from the speeches at both conventions was a plan to address rising health care costs.

So claims literature mailed by Republican Party of Wisconsin. Let’s examine the facts.

Wisconsin prisons are a mess. A dangerous and too often lethal mess for both inmates and staff. And yet, where’s the action from state lawmakers and the governor?

Just recently the WMC Litigation Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of two taxpayers against the town of Eureka, alleging the town’s permitting requirements for livestock farms are unlawful. And that they are. At least in my take, it’s just another example of “local control” gone wild.

This year’s two national conventions served to underscore the stark differences between the candidates seeking America’s votes, more clearly than any in the recent past.

The 3rd CD needs change and results, not invective. It’s time for first-term U.S. Rep. Derrick Van Orden to go.

As a part of a bill to increase shared revenue to municipalities and an allowance to institute increased sales taxes, Republicans threw in a caveat that will cost Milwaukee residents an extra 2 million dollars a year. The expense is to return police officers to Milwaukee Public Schools.

Wisconsin’s measuring stick for student performance has been changed. And the categories for student performance have been renamed in, shall we say, kinder, gentler ways.

I will be kicking off back-to-school bus tour in Green Bay to highlight the importance of public schools

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, handicap Wisconsin’s 3rd and 8th Congressional District races and whether the GOP can hold those seats. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

It is quite curious as to why Chair Jacobs wants to follow the letter of the law now, but not in her past decisions.

Four years ago I posted videos about the conventions as an outsider. This year, I was inside both conventions.

She rips Hovde for ‘conflicts of interest’ while concealing her own.

Attorney, Milwaukee native and Bradley Foundation board member Paul Clement faces questions for his starring role in gun rights.

As we celebrate Labor Day, and honor the dedicated workers across Wisconsin, I see much to celebrate in the construction industry.

Housing market and financing shouldn’t be its concern.

Short for Collaboration of Design + Art, CODAworx has operated under that name for more than 10 years in a space not filled by many others: It serves as a tech-based platform for introducing artists from scores of primarily visual disciplines to entities that might want to commission their art … all while trying to find a match that works for all.

Our public schools are places where every student, regardless of their background, abilities, or needs, should have equal access to education and opportunity.

Milwaukee stiff-arms Legislature but takes sales tax money.

Over $1 billion in new money was provided to support our kids, with the largest increase being general aid.

With the DNC completed, both parties have now nominated their candidates and made their platforms known. However, frustratingly lacking from the speeches at both conventions was a plan to address rising health care costs.

So claims literature mailed by Republican Party of Wisconsin. Let’s examine the facts.

Wisconsin prisons are a mess. A dangerous and too often lethal mess for both inmates and staff. And yet, where’s the action from state lawmakers and the governor?

Just recently the WMC Litigation Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of two taxpayers against the town of Eureka, alleging the town’s permitting requirements for livestock farms are unlawful. And that they are. At least in my take, it’s just another example of “local control” gone wild.

This year’s two national conventions served to underscore the stark differences between the candidates seeking America’s votes, more clearly than any in the recent past.